GUANTANAMO  , the easternmost important See also:

• TOWN

town of the S. See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• SANTIAGO, or SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago, about 40 M . E. of Santiago . Pop . (1907) 14,559 . It is situated by the Guazo (or Guaso) See also:

• RIVER

river, on a little open See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain between the mountains . The beautiful, See also:

• LAND

land-locked See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, Io m. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long from N. to S. and 4 M. wide in places, has an See also:

• OUTER

outer and an inner See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin . The latter has a very narrow entrance, and 2 to 2.5 fathoms See also:

• DEPTH

depth of See also:

• WATER

water . From the See also:

• PORT

port of Caimanera to the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Guantanamo, 13 m . N., there is a railway, and the city has railway connexion with Santiago . Guantanamo is one of the two ports leased by Cuba to the See also:

• UNITED

United States for a See also:

• NAVAL

naval station . It is the See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping-port,and centre of a surrounding See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee-, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar- and See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime-growing See also:

• DISTRICT

district . In 1741 an See also:

• ENGLISH

English force under See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• VERNON
• VERNON, EDWARD (1684-1757)

Vernon and See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• WENTWORTH, WILLIAM CHARLES (1793-1872)

Wentworth landed here to attack Santiago .

They named the harbour See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland See also:

• BAY

bay . After their See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat fortifications were begun . The See also:

• HISTORY

history of the region practically See also:

• DATES

dates, how-ever, from the end of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, when it gained prosperity from the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French refugees from Santo Domingo; the town, as such, dates only from 1822 . Almost all the old families are of French descent, and French was the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language locally most used as See also:

• LATE

late as the last third of the 19th century . In See also:

• RECENT

recent years, especially since the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish-See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1898, the region has greatly changed socially and economically . Guantanamo was once a fashionable summer See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence resort for wealthy Cubans .